VOCES8 Concert

Name: VOCES8 Concert
Start: 2025-03-01T19:30:00-05:00
Location: WVU Canady Creative Arts Center

Schedule

Sat, 01 Mar, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

WVU Canady Creative Arts Center | Morgantown, WV

The 2023 Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 brings their extensive repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to contemporary commissions and arrangements to the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre as part of the Canady Chamber Series.
Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble’s performance and education ethos which is shared both online and in person. VOCES8 is passionate about music education and is the flagship ensemble of the VOCES8 Foundation which actively promotes ‘Music Education For All’, reaching up to 40,000 people annually.
VOCES8 has performed at many notable venues since its inception in 2005 including Wigmore Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Berlin Philharmonie, Cité de la Musique Paris, Vienna Konzerthaus, Tokyo Opera City, NCPA Beijing, Sydney Opera House, Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, Victoria Concert Hall Singapore, Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico City amongst many others. This season they perform over 100 concerts around the world, their 20th Anniversary season, including a birthday celebration concert at the Barbican, London.
VOCES8 is a Decca Classics artist, also releasing on the VOCES8 Records label. The recording of Christopher Tin’s “The Lost Birds” was nominated for a Grammy-Award in 2023. Their new album “Nightfall” is released in September 2024. Recent releases are “A Choral Christmas” in which VOCES8 joins its own Foundation Choir and Orchestra; “Home” conducted by Eric Whitacre, featuring his work “The Sacred Veil”; and “Seven Psalms” by Paul Simon.